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Medical Nutrition Therapy - ANSWERIs a legal term thay applies to tx during prerenal failure & in a diabetic patient who recieve nutrition tx under Medicare from a RD What consists in basic nutrition screening? - ANSWERdecreased appetite, unintentional weight loss, age & medical hx , hydration status & illness severity Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) duties - ANSWERNutrition care process, detailed nutrition assessments, nutrition diagnosis, intervention:provision of specific nutrition therapies, monitoring & evaluation of outcomes dietetic technician, registered (DTR) duties - ANSWERTake diet hx, collect info for nutrition screening & assessment, work directly with patients who are having problems with their meals, provide basic nutrition education, should NOT be asked to counsel patients about modifications for complex iatrogenic - ANSWERinadvertently caused by tx or dx procedure Nutrition Care Process - ANSWERAssessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring & evaluation Nutrition screening - ANSWERa process used to identify individuals at nutritional risk or with nutritional problems. Required by the Joint Commission within 48 hrs of hospital admission Nutrition diagnosis - ANSWER- identify and label problem - determine cause/contributing risk factors - cluster signs and symptoms/defining characteristics - document Nutrition Intervention - ANSWER- Plan nutrition intervention - Formulate goals and determine a plan of action - Implement nutrition intervention - Care is delivered and actions are carried out - Document Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation - ANSWERmonitor progress, measure outcomes, evaluate outcomes